Well, exactly. The game script for many NFL games requires offenses to open things up and sprint to the end zone in the 4th quarter of games. Many yards and points happen there. That's really not the game we've been playing. If our defense was just average, I would bet our offensive production would jump considerably. I don't think we'd be losing a bunch of games.

No one that actually cares about offense cares about "total yards per game." Probably the least useful metric in football. Just saying.

When people say what an offense is ranked, that's the default standard for what they are referring to. It's definitely not useless as it at least indicates overall production. Points can be very misleading because of turnovers and short fields, etc.

Agree there are better measurements, but if you look at the top and bottom of just yardage rankings it meshes pretty well with what you would expect from each team. Good offenses near the top, bad offenses near the bottom.

Also, when we HAVE to score in the playoffs, I think Patrick will get it done. Dude dials it up like 5 notches in the postseason.

2022 / 2023

Record: 14-3 / 11-6

Points For: 496 (23.6 PPG Avg.) / 371 (17.6 PPG Avg.)

Passing TD's: 41 / 28

Rushing TD's: 18 / 9

Passing Yards: 5,250 / 4,383

Rushing Yards: 1,970 / 1,784

Offensive Turnovers: 24 / 32


Points Against : 369 (17.5 PPG Avg.) / 294 (14 PPG Avg.)

Passing TD's Allowed: 15 / 19

Rushing TD's Allowed: 10 / 10

TD's allowed by TO 1 / 3

TD's for by TO 1 / 2

Passing Yards Against: 5,777 / 5,220

Rushing Yards Against: 2,314 / 2,374

Defensive Turnovers: 25 / 23

Sacks: 55 / 57

That offensive downgrade is ugly. Wow